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QUESTION POSED ON: 10 December 2007
I'm using SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition and finding the total server memory is 1670976. The target server memory is also 1670976. My question is, if the server has 3GB of RAM, why is it that this value doesn't change much when the server is under I/O or CPU pressure? Why does it seem like the amount of memory used stays constant?

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